Outcomes in Group and Residential Care

These resources provide information about outcomes for children and youth in group and residential care. Resources include State and local examples.

Breaking the Cycle of Intergenerational Abuse: The Long-Term Impact of a Residential Care Program
Heufner, Ringle, Chmelka, & Ingram (2007)Child Abuse & Neglect, 31(2)View Abstract
Presents findings from an evaluation of the relationship between childhood abuse victimization and adult intimate partner violence (IPV). Based on the results, the authors suggest that skills taught in a long-term, treatment-based residential program may have a long-term beneficial impact for adolescents at high risk of adult interpersonal violence.

Comparing Outcomes for Youth in Treatment Foster Care and Family-Style Group Care (PDF - 333 KB)
Lee & Thompson (2008)Children and Youth Services Review (NIH Public Access), 30(7)
Compared outcomes of youth in treatment foster care and those of youth in group care. Group care youth were more likely to be favorably discharged, more likely to return home, and less likely to experience subsequent placement in the first 6 months after discharge.

The Perceptions and Satisfactions of Youth in Residential Care With Two Caregiving Models
Jones (2009)Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services, 90(3)View Abstract
Examines survey results from youth who were former residents of a residential facility about their perceptions and degrees of satisfaction with houseparent and child care worker models of caregiving.

Outcomes of a Randomized Trial of Continuum of Care Services for Children in a Child Welfare System
Holden, O'Connell, Liao, Krivelyova, Connor, Blau, et al. (2007)Child Welfare, 86(6)View Abstract
Describes a title IV-E waiver demonstration project that evaluated whether the well-being of children approved for residential mental health services could be improved and lengths of stay in restrictive placements could be reduced by providing case rate payments to community agencies to provide continuum of care services.